Cost of the Old Sydarms

[evildead420]

What is the resell cost of the old sydarms now adays, since they came out with reissued ones, what is the cost to sell/find the old sydarms, before the sale of the reissue, i bought my sydarm 472 for $700, is it still kinda worth that or not?

heres a picture of it.



i was also told that the hand polish to the body is original. is that rare or not. i thought they came in blastpowder coat?

and another thing, should i keep it or test the waters of trading it for something else?

[buzzboy]

You luck son of your mom. I hate you. Nice looking sydarm. Wish I had one. I would say its still worth a pretty penny maybe even more. I really don't know though.

[peewee]

Sadly you will only pull down a good price from a true collector. With the re-issue it kind of dinged the market value of the older sydarms for general sales.

[Thordic]

$350 - $400 is prolly max value.

[Jaan]

AGD was still selling them new a couple of months ago, not sure if they still are. $300 with holster if I recall correctly. The last time I was at my local paintball store he still had 2 of them sitting there, brand new end of the line ... in fact, AGD told him they were the *very* last 2.

So, $300 - $400 would be my guess too.

[evildead420]

damn, thats a very big drop then what i expected. looks like i might just keep it anyway.

[TheTramp]

It sucks but you're not going to get the average person to pay more just because of its collector value. Now if you could find the right collector......

[Muzikman]

Ok, you do have a rare one there.

There were only a few original polished body Sydarms out there. These guns were actually stolen by an ex-AGD employee and sold. I don't know the number for sure, but I bet there are less than 10 out there.

Now the question, what is it worth. Well, seeing as now days it's "just a Sydarm" the $350 range seems fair. I know, you are kicking and screaming because you paid $700 for it X number of years ago. I did the same thing when AGD re-released the Sydarm to the public. At the time I took a lot of flack for my complaining, so I will not get back into that.

One way you can tell an original from a newer Sydarm is the rear "V" sight. The originals had them, the new ones don't.

[evildead420]

Ok, you do have a rare one there.

There were only a few original polished body Sydarms out there. These guns were actually stolen by an ex-AGD employee and sold. I don't know the number for sure, but I bet there are less than 10 out there.

Now the question, what is it worth. Well, seeing as now days it's "just a Sydarm" the $350 range seems fair. I know, you are kicking and screaming because you paid $700 for it X number of years ago. I did the same thing when AGD re-released the Sydarm to the public. At the time I took a lot of flack for my complaining, so I will not get back into that.

One way you can tell an original from a newer Sydarm is the rear "V" sight. The originals had them, the new ones don't.

thats right, this ones got the v site. and thx for confirming the polished bodys, i knew something was rare about them. looks like ill just keep it unless is worth my wild.

[shartley]

If you ever want to sell it, you may start at someplace like mcarterbrown.com . They will usually give you a fair deal and have the folks most interested in it anyways. But from what I have seen, Sydarms are not that sought after.

[White_Noise]

Ok, you do have a rare one there.

There were only a few original polished body Sydarms out there. These guns were actually stolen by an ex-AGD employee and sold. I don't know the number for sure, but I bet there are less than 10 out there.

Now the question, what is it worth. Well, seeing as now days it's "just a Sydarm" the $350 range seems fair. I know, you are kicking and screaming because you paid $700 for it X number of years ago. I did the same thing when AGD re-released the Sydarm to the public. At the time I took a lot of flack for my complaining, so I will not get back into that.

One way you can tell an original from a newer Sydarm is the rear "V" sight. The originals had them, the new ones don't.

does anyone have a picture comparison of the 2 sights?

I have #715 with a polished body, and classic rail, and just want to know if this happens to be one of the rare ones.

[evildead420]

dont know if that picture alone would help see the differ of the sights . i can get a better pic after work. need to compare

[Muzikman]

does anyone have a picture comparison of the 2 sights?

I have #715 with a polished body, and classic rail, and just want to know if this happens to be one of the rare ones.

Hmm, with a serial number that high I would almost have to think it's newer. It's very easy to tell, is there a back "V" sight? If not, it's new.